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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

À genoux ! l'angélus appelle !
Language: French (Français) 
À genoux ! l'angélus appelle !
Le pasteur monte à la chapelle ;
L'aveugle accorde son vieux luth ;
C'est le moment de la prière
Qui veut notre âme toute entière :
Silence, amour, silence, chut !

À genoux ! le village prie,
Et c'est demain qu'on nous marie ;
Dis un Ave pour mon salut !
Hélas ! sans songer à moi-même,
Ne songeons qu'à celui que j'aime :
Silence, amour, silence, chut !

À genoux ! la Vierge regarde !
Et la cloche nous dit : prends garde !
Car c'est l'heure où l'ange apparut :
Les cierges ont mêlé leurs flammes,
Divin emblême de nos âmes.
Silence, amour, silence, chut !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Michotte 

E. Michotte sets stanzas 1-2, 4

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in Musée des familles, October 31, 1833 under the title "L'angélus au village"; later published as "L'angélus".


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "L'angélus au village", title 2: "L'angélus", written 1833, appears in Pauvres Fleurs [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Angélus", subtitle: "Prière de la fiancée", published [1864], stanzas 1-2,4 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt-cinq morceaux de chant à une et à plusieurs voix avec accompagnement de piano, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Flaxland [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 96

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